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New QuantumX module boosts measurements

New module boosts measurements

HBM | Added: 4 Nov 2015

HBM’s new MX460B four-channel digital pulse and frequency module can be individually configured and…

Sabic process plant

Urgent call to meet energy ‘trilemma’

Added: 30 Oct 2015

Time is running out for the government to make crucial planning decisions on the UK’s energy ‘trile…

SSE Ferrybridge coal power station

Multifuel power plant wins approval

Added: 28 Oct 2015

A second multifuel power station situated at Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire has been approved for cons…

EDF Hinkley Point C nuclear power wide

UK poised for nuclear future

Added: 21 Oct 2015

Hinkley Point C will go ahead after EDF Energy and China General Nuclear Corporation (CGN) confirm …

Keady power station

Keadby power station to reopen

Added: 20 Oct 2015

Energy provider SSE has announced it will bring its 735MW gas-fired power station at Keadby, North …

Water research, Sheffield University lab

UK water research gets £3.9m boost

Added: 20 Oct 2015

A new £3.9million research project has been established to help meet the UK’s future needs for a cl…

Algae-power under the microscope

Algae-power under the microscope

Added: 16 Oct 2015

A new high-tech facility in Munich will investigate whether the cultivation of algae can provide a …

Electricity transmission

Winter blackout fears allayed

Added: 15 Oct 2015

National Grid has published its annual Winter Outlook report, which looks at the energy margins ava…

GE's Predix software

GE opens app store for industry

Added: 12 Oct 2015

GE said it aimed to create the world’s largest app marketplace for industry as it opened up its Pre…

Teesside process industry cluster CCS

Teesside bids to secure industrial future

Added: 6 Oct 2015

Process companies hand government detailed plans for industrial carbon capture and storage network …

Nuclear plants facing cyber threat

Added: 5 Oct 2015

Vulnerabilities within nuclear plants are putting the industry at risk of cyber attacks, a report p…

Substation

Electricity supply a 'waste' of energy

Added: 5 Oct 2015

More than half of the energy used to supply the UK’s electricity is wasted before it ever reaches c…

Severn Trent Water

Severn Trent fined for sewage leak

Added: 29 Sep 2015

Severn Trent Water has been fined £480,000 after a series of incidents that caused raw sewage to le…

White Rose CCS carbon capture Drax

Drax abandons CCS project

Added: 25 Sep 2015

Energy firm Drax has announced it will end further investment in the 426MW White Rose carbon captur…

United Utilities reservoir

Utility counts cost of water bug

Added: 23 Sep 2015

United Utilities revealed today that water quality issues suffered in Lancashire last month would c…

Estover CHP, Northumberland

Pharma firms go green

Added: 23 Sep 2015

A new renewable energy plant located in Cramlington, Northumberland will have an annual generating …

Cyber security

Hacked off?

Added: 22 Sep 2015

Microsoft’s new operating system (OS) Windows 10 was officially launched in July. But how has it af…

EDF Hinkley Point C nuclear power wide

Osborne announces £2bn Hinkley deal

Added: 21 Sep 2015

Chancellor George Osborne has today announced a £2 billion guarantee with China for the development…

Northumbrian Water Group's treatment works

Utilities splash-out on upgrades

Added: 18 Sep 2015

Water supply and treatment utility Yorkshire Water has announced a £100 million mechanical contract…

Condition monitoring

Maintenance slump a 'critical risk'

Added: 17 Sep 2015

A new study has revealed a downward slide for maintenance budgets among UK manufacturers, putting t…